2012年12月7日星期五

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Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, South Korean rapper PSY, who gained popularity from his famous song "Gangnam Style," gives a press conference prior to his concert at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. President Barack Obama still intends to attend a charity concert where PSY is scheduled to perform after reports the South Korean rapper participated in anti-American protests several years ago. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)South Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-U.S. protests several years ago.


PSY apologizes for anti-US protests in 2004

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, South Korean rapper PSY, who gained popularity from his famous song "Gangnam Style," gives a press conference prior to his concert at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. President Barack Obama still intends to attend a charity concert where PSY is scheduled to perform after reports the South Korean rapper participated in anti-American protests several years ago. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-US protests several years ago.


U.S. extends waivers on Iran sanctions to China and India

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States granted 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to China, India and a number of other countries on Friday in exchange for their cutting purchases of oil from the Islamic Republic. President Barack Obama's administration has now renewed waivers for all 20 of Iran's major oil buyers, after granting them to Japan and 10 European Union countries in September. Friday's action was the second renewal for all 20 after Obama signed the sanctions into law a year ago. ...

Psy Does Not Salute You

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:45 PM PST

Psy Does Not Salute YouOh, brother. It seems that nearly ten years ago that rapper guy Psy — you know, that one who sings "Gangnam Style" and will never sing anything else ever again — made some controversial comments about American troops at an Iraq War protest. Specifically, he said: "Kill those fucking Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives / Kill those fucking Yankees who ordered them to torture / Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers / Kill them all slowly and painfully." Soooo... ...


Unleashing chemical weapons: Syrian risks include deliberate attack, loss of control to rebels

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:20 PM PST

neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.

Obama to attend PSY performance despite protests

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, South Korean rapper PSY, who gained popularity from his famous song "Gangnam Style," gives a press conference prior to his concert at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. President Barack Obama still intends to attend a charity concert where PSY is scheduled to perform after reports the South Korean rapper participated in anti-American protests several years ago. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)President Barack Obama will attend a charity concert where PSY is scheduled to perform after reports that the South Korean rapper participated in anti-American protests several years ago.


Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:51 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria. Growing fear that war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios _ neither considered likely but both carrying major risks of a civilian massacre and an escalation of violence. (AP Photo/SANA)Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios — neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.


Psy 'Forever Sorry' for Anti-American Song

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:48 PM PST

Psy 'Forever Sorry' for Anti-American SongPsy, the South Korean rapper behind the international phenomenon "Gangnam Style," apologized today for a 2004 performance in which he said American soldiers should be killed "slowly and painfully," saying he's "forever be sorry for any pain I have caused anyone by those words." At...


Bret Easton Ellis: "Hurt Locker" wouldn't have won the Oscar if directed by a man

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bret Easton Ellis defended his belief that Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow is "overrated" because she's "hot." In fact, he says, she won the Academy Award because she's a woman. "I still believe that if 'The Hurt Locker' had been directed by a man it would not have won the Oscar for best director," the "American Psycho" writer tweeted. But that's not all: Apparently, he also believes that "The Hurt Locker," with its plot about a bomb squad in Iraq, suffered from a "female tone. ...

Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a launching ceremony of the construction of South Stream pipeline in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, southern Russia, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. After years of delays and negotiations, Russian gas company Gazprom on Friday formally started construction of its Europe-bound South Stream pipeline, key to its strategy of eliminating shipping risks by bypassing transit nations like Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)What happened to the "reset"?


Jailer: GI in WikiLeaks case needed to speak up

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST

An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks could have gotten his tight pretrial confinement conditions reduced by clearly explaining why he wasn't a suicide risk, the former commander of a Marine Corps brig testified Friday.

Drugging our Troops—The Creation of Psychopharmaceutical's Multi-Billion Dollar Market - CCHR releases latest article in its Military Mental Health investigation

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:52 AM PST

The mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights announces the third in a four-part series by award-winning investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O'Meara exploring the epidemic of suicides and sudden deaths in the military and the skyrocketing use of psychiatric drugs being prescribed to soldiers and vets.Los Angeles. California (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 CCHR announces the latest in its investigative series on Military Mental health written for CCHR by investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O'Meara. ...

Riots mar Hillary Clinton's Belfast return

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:39 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness in BelfastBELFAST (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned a wave of street violence during a trip in Northern Ireland, saying it showed the peace process she has long supported in the British province was not yet complete. Clinton arrived in Northern Ireland, following Dublin talks on Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a week that has seen three riots and the arrest of four suspected militant nationalists after the discovery of a bomb in a car. ...


Syrian rebels press in battle for Damascus airport

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:23 AM PST

This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad declared Damascus International Airport a "legitimate target" Friday in a bid to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between government troops and rebels forced the closure of the airport road for the second time this week.


What the jobs report reveals about US population

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:20 AM PST

U.S. employers added 146,000 jobs in November and the employment rate fell to nearly a four-year low of 7.7 percent.Hiring remained steady during Superstorm Sandy and in the face of looming tax increases ...

Norwegian protesters say EU Nobel Peace Prize win devalues award

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:41 AM PST

Since the decision this October to give the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union, many have questioned its worthiness, given the current social and economic turmoil there. Among the critics who will be booing loudest at the award this coming week will be the Norwegians themselves – including some in government.

As tanks face off, Iraqi rivals see political gains

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST

Kurdish Peshmerga troops and tanks are deployed on the outskirts of KirkukTUZ KHURMATO, Iraq (Reuters) - A hundred miles from Baghdad, tanks are facing off across a frontline defined not by an international border but by ethnic enmity, fueled by past bloodshed and future oil wealth, that risks tearing Iraq apart. The sun-blazoned flag of Kurdistan flies from the turrets of Soviet-built armored vehicles, seized a decade ago from Saddam Hussein's army, their barrels now aimed at the unseen forces of Iraq's national government on the far side of Tuz Khurmato, a town beyond the formal boundary of the Kurds' autonomous region. ...


Flag riots mar Hillary Clinton's Belfast return

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:17 AM PST

Loyalists hang Union flags during a protest outside the offices of a member of the Alliance Party in east BelfastBELFAST (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned a wave of street violence during a trip in Northern Ireland, saying it showed the peace process she has long supported in the British province was not yet complete. Clinton arrived in Northern Ireland, following Dublin talks on Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a week that has seen three riots and the arrest of four suspected militant nationalists after the discovery of a bomb in a car. ...


Syrian rebels say airport legitimate target

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:48 AM PST

In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, a Free Syrian Army fighter is in position in front of destroyed buildings in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian rebels battled regime troops south of Damascus on Friday and Internet and most telephone lines were cut for a second day, but the government reopened the road to the capital's airport in a sign the fighting could be calming, activists said. (AP Photo)Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad declared Damascus International Airport a "legitimate target" Friday in a bid to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between government troops and rebels forced the closure of the airport road for the second time this week.


Controversy: 'Gangnam Style' singer Psy's anti-American past

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:30 AM PST

PSY performs during Q102's Jingle Ball 2012 in Philadelphia.Long before he galloped with Ellen DeGeneres, the South Korean superstar harbored angry sentiments about the U.S. military


Homes.com and ForRent.com Partner with The Steve Harvey Show to Help Family Who Lost Everything During Superstorm Sandy

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:18 AM PST

Family receives financial assistance in wake of tragic storm.NORFOLK, Va. (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 Homes.com and ForRent.com partnered with actor and comedian Steve Harvey and "The Steve Harvey Show" for a special episode dedicated to helping the Correa family from Staten Island who were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The tragic storm struck the east coast in late October, leaving 7.5 million families throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut without power and thousands without a place to call home. ...

Hamas leader returns to Gaza with wider ambitions

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:55 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fifteen years after Israel tried to assassinate him in Jordan, Islamist leader Khaled Meshaal says the Jewish state would not risk trying again on his triumphant return to Palestinian land. Not only has his Hamas movement which runs Gaza gained popularity among Palestinians from a recent war with Israel, it has begun to overcome its pariah status after uprisings brought like-minded Islamists to power across the Arab world. ...

Texas town: No charges for float driver in crash

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:13 PM PST

Officials of a West Texas city where four wounded veterans died when a train slammed into their parade float say the driver of the truck towing the float won't be charged.

Today in History

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST

Today is Friday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2012. There are 24 days left in the year.

US Marine pleads to taking $150K in bribes in Iraq

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:13 PM PST

Federal prosecutors in San Diego say a U.S. Marine has pleaded guilty to accepting $150,000 in bribes from contractors while stationed in Iraq.The U.S. attorney's office says 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Gilbert ...

Dispatch From Morocco: ‘Excuse Me, Aren’t We About to Start a War Here?’

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:45 PM PST

During the five days I've spent in Morocco at the Marrakech International Film Festival, not a single person I've spoken with knows that a few days after the festivities close, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrives here to meet with King Mohammed VI. The next day Clinton will attend the Friends of Syria conference, at the same venue that's housing the festival.

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